all this time, there is a split in the united states on political parties. why is it that we have to have such a big divide? i do not see any future of obama trying to get with the other party. he wants to heckling, a program like you would a mad cow or line -- heckled them, probe them like you would a mad cow or lion. host: is a more partisan than it has been in the past? guest: what is different is how what feels. you cannot escape it. the nature of cable tv, which is enormously significant disproportionate to its audience in studying the tone for the debate. talk radio, the internet. these are all means of communication that saturate and reinforce and exaggerate our differences. it is all about conflict. i think that as much as anything else contributes to the sense that people have the we are more divided than we have ever been before. george washington and john adams, a mob gathered outside washington's homa, denouncing his neutrality. host: the looking at the veterans affairs secretary. the military, department of defense playing a big role in tomorrow